Nearby Weather Stations

A Winter Storm Watch remains in effect from Wednesday morningthrough late Wednesday night.

* Timing: rain should begin changing over to freezing rain... sleet and snow from northwest to southeast late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. The changeover to sleet and snow may not occur until Wednesday afternoon over the southern pennyrile region of western Kentucky. The snow will then taper off from northwest to southeast Wednesday night.

* Main impact: by early Thursday morning... snowfall totals are expected to range from 2 to 5 inches along the northern periphery of southern Illinois up to 6 to 8 inches southeast of a line from Petersburg Indiana to Carbondale Illinois to Poplar Bluff Missouri. Locally higher amounts are likely where snow banding occurs. As much as one inch of sleet may fall prior to the snow... particularly across western Kentucky and far southeast Missouri.

* Other impacts: this much snow and sleet will cause significant travel issues across the region. Isolated power outages will also be possible. Make preparations now for this upcoming winter storm. Stay tuned for updates and the probable upgrade to a Winter Storm Warning later today.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Winter Storm Watch means there is a potential for significantsnow... sleet... or ice accumulations that would greatly impacttravel. Stay tuned for later statements. This watch will beupgraded to a warning if winter storm conditions become morecertain.

Areal Flood Watch

Statement as of 4:24 AM CST on March 03, 2015

... Flood Watch in effect from this evening through Wednesdaymorning...

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Flood Watch for portions of western Kentucky and southeast Missouri... including locations along and south of a line from Owensboro to Paducah Kentucky to New Madrid Missouri.

* From this evening through Wednesday morning

* recent snow melt has resulted in saturated ground across the Flood Watch area. Heavy rain forecast tonight and Wednesday morning will result in excessive runoff and may lead to flooding.

* Motorists should expect water on roads... and be prepared to find alternate routes. Those in low lying areas will be most prone to flooding.

* Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based oncurrent forecasts.

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possibleflood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should beprepared to take action should flooding develop.